Upcoming Export Universities

The NCDEC contributes to leadership and international trade expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service's export promotion efforts through counseling businesses on the exporting process and conducting trade education.

For the past 25 years, DEC's have served the United States by assisting companies in their local communities to export, thus promoting our country's economic growth and creating new and higher-paying jobs for their communities. Closely affiliated with the U.S. Commercial Service's Export Assistance Centers (USEAC), the 56 DEC's combine the energies of more than 1,700 exporters and private and public export service providers throughout the United States and other export support partners to assure quality of its services.

The Red Cross provides critical help to U.S. and international communities in times of dire need. To support the Red Cross in their international relief missions, please visit RedCross.org and donate.

North Carolina DEC is the 2010 DEC of the Year!

U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded the North Carolina District Export Council the inaugural DEC of the Year Award. Wayne Cooper, Chair, NCDEC, received the award October 25th in Detroit at the annual International District Export Council Conference. In selecting North Carolina from among the 60 DECs, the U.S. Department of Commerce sited the council's "outstanding record of mentoring local new-to-export and new-to-market companies on exporting, and supporting President Obama's National Export Initiative. The federal agency said the group's work with local U.S. Export Assistance Centers is "critical to expanding U.S. exports and supporting American jobs." You can read the International Trade Association's full news release here